Posts tagged "monetary policy"

Australia’s top economists are divided about how to tackle ballooning inflation of 6.1% that’s forecast to climb to a three-decade high of 7.75% by the end of the year.

The composition of the RBA board is to be considered in the review now underway. Should it be more representative, or left to the experts?

Will the Reserve Bank of Australia raise interest rates today? The market is not quite as sure as a week ago.

The move came as a surprise given that, as deputy, Guy Debelle was long seen as the heir apparent to Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe, whose term expires in September next year.

The RBA has slashed the official interest rate to a record low of 0.1% and eased other monetary policy to boost the national economy.

Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has made the case of a cut to the official cash rate as early as next month, telling the international b…

The RBA decision to leave the cash rate unchanged surprised some economists The Reserve Bank of Australia chose to leave the official cash r…

Macquarie Wealth Research has noted May is the third most popular month for RBA policy changes. Rates were cut in May twice in the past thre…

After the most public Fed chair nomination battle in recent history, President Obama has finally appointed Janet Yellen to replace Ben Berna…

The chairman of the US Federal Reserve is sometimes called the most powerful man in the world. Able to steer the economic fortunes of the…

While the media obsesses about the Labor leadership and the election, the strength of the Australian dollar is a key unacknowledged factor c…

As we go into an election year, the Reserve Bank of Australia has given all of us a reality check on both the outlook for the Australian eco…